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E. RICHARDSON.

WEARING PLATE FOR RUBBER BOOTS 0R SHOES. No. 308,989.

Patented Dec. 9, 1884.

wired rains FREDERICK RICHARDSON, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

WEARING-PLATE FOR RUBBER BOOTS OR SHOES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 308,989, dated December 9, 1884.

Application filed May 20,1884. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FREDERICK RICHARD soN, of the city and county of Providence, and State of Rhode Island, have invented a new and useful Improvement in earing-Plates for Rubber Boots or Shoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and eXact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification.

My invention has for its object to provide a wearing-plate which shall be so constructed as to remain in position upon the heel as long as there is any of the wearing-surface left; and to the above ends my invention consists in the provision of aheel-plate which is formed with ascries ofcountersunk openings through which the fasteners are driven, and also in the combination, with such a plate, of fasteners having their heads shaped to correspond with the shape of the openings,as hereinafter described and claimed.

In order that my invention may be fully understood, I will proceed to describe it with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which Figure 1 is a sectional view of a rubber heel with my wearing-plate applied. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the plate. Fig. 3 is an edge View of the same. Fig. 4 is a detached view of one of the nails or fasteners.

In the said drawings, A designates the wearing-plate, which maybe formed for application either to the heel or to other parts of the tread of a rubber or other boot or shoe. On its upper side the plate is formed with a series of teats, a, while through each teat is formed a hole, a, the hole being flared toward the lower side of the plate.

B designates one of the nails by which the plate A is secured to the heel or tread of the boot or shoe. The head I) of the nail or fastener is formed flaring from its point of juncture with the stem to its top in such manner as to correspond with the shape of the holes a. WVhen the plate is placed upon the heel, for instance, the teats a are embedded in the body of the heel, and the nails or fasteners are driven into the heel and clinched, as shown in Fig. 1, the heads of the nails entering within the holes a and filling the same. It will be seen that by this construction the teats will hold the plate upon the shoe as long as any of the plate is left, and that the nails will wear down with the plate and yet willhold the teats as long as any of the head remains. This structure is much superior to any wherein the plate becomes detached as soon as the heads of the fasteners are slightly worn.

Having thus described my invention,I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent 1. A wearing-plate provided on its upper side with perforated teats adapted to receive the heads of the fasteners and to enter the body of the heel, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with the plate A, having the teats a and the holes a, of the nails 13, having the head I), as described.

FREDERICK RICHARDSON. Witnesses:

M. F. BLIGH,

J. A.'MILLER, Jr. 

